Mr.Obama's approval ratings average just below 50 percent in recent polls, down sharply from this time last year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

But one difference this time is that many newspaper companies are heavily in debt from buying other newspapers.

VOA: special.2009.03.21

This city was far away from my family, so I could spend my time as I pleased.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

This time,however, the calls came from a colony of monkeys kept at the University of Wisconsin.

VOA: special.2009.09.29

This week on our program, we bring you some laughs from old-time American radio shows.

VOA: special.2009.03.09

This is the first time genomes of people suffering from disease have been completed.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

"We have good partnerships among the countries within each agro-eco system so that through this twinning they can learn lessons from each other and work together effectively through time."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

This time the pirates have hijacked three fishing vessels from Thailand with a total crew of 77 Thais aboard the ships.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

He said this is not the first time Iran has tried to hide its nuclear activities from the world.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

First in line - a student from Essex - who says he waited a long time for this moment.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

Lebanese troops watched the Israeli border operation from a distance, but this time they did not intervene.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

And why are we wasting our time doing this?." Rossman says the risk from serpentine are low.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"So far,at this date and time, I have no information if we have received any formal invitation from the organizers of that Hague summit,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.19

This time,with his budget under fire from the political opposition, the president is fighting back.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17